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The Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox is a comprehensive collection of tools, best practices and case studies to help forest owners and managers; policymakers; students and other stakeholders implement sustainable forest management.

 

News

FAO launches ‘4 WINS’ approach to advance women’s entrepreneurship in forest economies
06/03/2026
As part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has unveiled a new model for strengthening women’s leadership and entrepreneurship in the world’s forest sectors.
From savannah plant to global remedy
02/03/2026
How the devil’s claw tuber improves health and wildlife conservation in Namibia
Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems
17/12/2025
When forests thrive, so do communities and agriculture, explains Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director of FAO's Forestry Division.
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Publications

Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources
Global plan of action for the conservation, sustainable use and development of forest genetic resources
2025

Building resilience in Botswana’s drylands
Building resilience in Botswana’s drylands
2025

Scaling up millet, lablab and live fencing for restored livelihoods and landscapes

Restoring resilience through non-timber forest products and drought-tolerant crops in Zimbabwe
2025

Sustainable millet production to combat drought and achieve land degradation neutrality

Elearning Academy

Using land-cover information to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 15
Using land-cover information to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 15
15/03/2024

This course provides a basic understanding of land-cover data and its use for monitoring progress towards the achievement of international agreed goals,...

Why a national forest inventory?
National forest inventory series
02/10/2023

This e-learning series describes the key phases of an NFI, from planning to implementation, and from data gathering to reporting in 8 courses.  

Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
06/03/2023

This course seeks to build the competencies needed for program and project managers, field practitioners and policy makers to apply a transformational...

Videos

State of the World's Forests 2022: Green Recovery, Building Inclusive & Sustainable Green Economies
29/04/2022

Forests stand as a vital defense against climate change and biodiversity loss, while also providing livelihoods for millions of people across the world....

Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/04/2022

For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...

Is your toothbrush made of plastic or wood?
21/03/2022

Replacing more of the plastic things we use every day with wood-based products from sustainably managed forests can help combat climate change and achieve...